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Barney 'Joe Bozzo' Anello was an obscure member of the Bonanno Family who was inducted after the books opened in the late 1970s.
Originally from the Bushwick - Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, he had no criminal record and escaped mention in all available CW testimony and in almost all currently available LE records.
Born January 6, 1918 in Brooklyn to Rosario (37y) and Anna Baviera (34y). Parents from Castelvetrano comune of Trapani, Sicily.
Other known Bonanno Members with Castelvetrano ancestry included Soldier Antonio Pat Messina (1921-1990).
The Anellos initially resided in Williamsburg (210 Montrose -> 225 Bushwick Ave) where Barney's father worked as a plasterer and later a bricklayer.
On February 7, 1930 Rosario filed his Petition for Naturalization in US District Court Brooklyn. Witnesses were Julius Catalano (42y) and James Scamman (sp?) of 181 George St in Bushwick. Rosario's petition was subsequently denied for 'lack of knowledge'.
Originally from the Bushwick - Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, he had no criminal record and escaped mention in all available CW testimony and in almost all currently available LE records.
Born January 6, 1918 in Brooklyn to Rosario (37y) and Anna Baviera (34y). Parents from Castelvetrano comune of Trapani, Sicily.
Other known Bonanno Members with Castelvetrano ancestry included Soldier Antonio Pat Messina (1921-1990).
The Anellos initially resided in Williamsburg (210 Montrose -> 225 Bushwick Ave) where Barney's father worked as a plasterer and later a bricklayer.
On February 7, 1930 Rosario filed his Petition for Naturalization in US District Court Brooklyn. Witnesses were Julius Catalano (42y) and James Scamman (sp?) of 181 George St in Bushwick. Rosario's petition was subsequently denied for 'lack of knowledge'.
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| J. Catalano (1919) |
Julius Catalano, residing at 181 Stagg St in Williamsburg, was born November 1887 in Ribera comune of Agrigento, Sicily. His father was living in Palermo by September 1919, when Julius filed a US Passport Application that was witnessed by Luigi D'Angelo (1885-1938) from Partanna.
Luigi's sons included Future Bonanno Members Gaetano aka 'Smitty' D'Angelo (1914-1967), who was serving in the administration at the time of his murder during an intra-Family conflict in the late 1960s, and Girolamo aka 'Jerry' D'Angelo (1910-1992).
Catalano died from injuries sustained in a fall about three months after witnessing Rosario's failed petition.
On January 26, 1932 Barney's older brother Joseph Anello (22y) was arrested in Brooklyn for the October 1931 armed robbery of a truck containing $7,500 worth of dresses. Four others were held including Joseph Bonventre (22y), Gasper Settipani (25y) and Joseph Tartaro (24y). (Joseph Bonventre [1910-1937], from Castellammare del Golfo in Trapani, was the younger brother of Suspected Bonanno Member Anthony Bonventre who was shot to death in March 1930. Settipani [1906-1994] and Tartaro [1908-1991?] were from Alcamo, Trapani and Lipari, Messina respectively.)
By 1944 Anello listed occupation as dress cutter at a children's clothing factory.
On April 16 of that year he married Prudence D'Anna (26y) at St. Joseph's in Bushwick. Witnesses were Salvatore D'Anna, a brother of the bride, and Mary DeLisi. (Bride's parents were Joseph D'Anna and Margherita Terranova; the mother at least was from San Giuseppe Jato in Palermo per Ancestry.)
By April 1950 the Anellos were living at 57 Troutman St in Bushwick.
Anello turned up twice in LE investigations in the late 1960s - early 1970s:
On January 26, 1932 Barney's older brother Joseph Anello (22y) was arrested in Brooklyn for the October 1931 armed robbery of a truck containing $7,500 worth of dresses. Four others were held including Joseph Bonventre (22y), Gasper Settipani (25y) and Joseph Tartaro (24y). (Joseph Bonventre [1910-1937], from Castellammare del Golfo in Trapani, was the younger brother of Suspected Bonanno Member Anthony Bonventre who was shot to death in March 1930. Settipani [1906-1994] and Tartaro [1908-1991?] were from Alcamo, Trapani and Lipari, Messina respectively.)
By 1944 Anello listed occupation as dress cutter at a children's clothing factory.
On April 16 of that year he married Prudence D'Anna (26y) at St. Joseph's in Bushwick. Witnesses were Salvatore D'Anna, a brother of the bride, and Mary DeLisi. (Bride's parents were Joseph D'Anna and Margherita Terranova; the mother at least was from San Giuseppe Jato in Palermo per Ancestry.)
By April 1950 the Anellos were living at 57 Troutman St in Bushwick.
Anello turned up twice in LE investigations in the late 1960s - early 1970s:
- His auto was observed during surveillance at an unspecified wedding in 1968. (This may have been the September 14 wedding of Anthony Sciacca, son of Bonanno Boss Paul Sciacca, to the daughter of Underboss Frank 'Frankie T.' Mari. LE surveillance was known to have been conducted on the event and it was attended by many Family members and associates.)
- In 1970 an Unsub was arrested and was found to have in his possession Anello's last name and his then address at 7527 Juniper Valley Rd in Middle Village, Queens.
The original report is unavailable so exactly what identifying information was provided by the CI isn't known, but Agents quickly zeroed in on Anello as being identical with 'Joe Bozzo'.
He was then residing at 213 N Idaho Ave in Massapequa, Long Island and frequented Billelo's Bar at DeVoe St and Bushwick Ave in Williamsburg.
Agents observed Anello at the bar on December 19, 1977 and photographed him there the following January. (See top)
On February 17, 1978 the FBI's New York Office reported: "Investigation in [Anello] case was predicated on information from [CI] that [Joe Bozzo] had recently been 'made'...Anello drives a 1977 Olds Toronado [and] has been observed in the afternoon at Billelo's Bar, Bushwick and DeVoe, Brooklyn. Numerous attempts have been made to interview the subject, however, he has not been located away from Billelo's Bar. In view of the fact no information has been received concerning illegal activities of the subject it is recommended this case be closed."
Anello hasn't turned up in any other files to date and none of the Bonanno CWs have mentioned him in the available court testimony.
He died August 25, 2007 and was waked at Fredrick J. Chapy & Sons Bethpage Funeral Home in Long Island.
Buried in Saint Charles Cemetery located in East Farmingdale, LI.
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